With #hybridlearning said to be the future of education, students everywhere can look forward to more fun, engaging, and stimulating lessons. In this episode, we will be discussing why this flexible, “anytime, anywhere” learning model is catching on with #educators globally. Schools are gradually transitioning from full-time remote learning back into the classroom, though continued physical distancing requirements and other health safeguards make it challenging to return to full-time in-person instruction. Furthermore, the threat of resurgence requires systems to be ready to switch between in-person and remote learning to ensure learning continuity. Developing resilient hybrid-learning models combines many of the challenges of remote learning (student adoption, engagement, and equity) with new challenges such as allocating scarce teacher and infrastructure capacity equitably among students, managing increasing operational complexity, and switching from remote to in-person instruction models.
About the guest:
Laurie Guyon is the Coordinator for Model Schools at WSWHE BOCES in Saratoga Springs, New York and a trainer with NYSCATE. She is the Capital Region Director for NYSCATE as well as a part of their social media team and their Volunteer Hall of Fame. She is a chapter co-author of Professional Development is a Plan, Not a Fix in the book What teacher educators should have learned from 2020. Laurie was named CoSN’s NextGen: Emerging EdTech Leaders in 2020 and earned the Spotlight Award at BOCES. Laurie was part of the NYSED authoring committee for the Computer Science and Digital Fluency standards and is a member of the NYSED CAP for those standards. Laurie was a mentor for the DigCit Institute Global Impactor Program. She is an ISTE Certified Educator, Google Cloud Certified, Google Certified Educator and Trainer. Laurie is a Common Sense Ambassador, Buncee Ambassador and Educator, Seesaw Ambassador and Pioneer, Nearpod PioNear, Flipgrid Ambassador, Sphero Hero, Kami Hero, BreakoutEDU Authorized Trainer, Genially Ambassador, Wakelet Ambassador, 3D Bear Ambassador, IORAD Ambassador, Osmo Ambassador, and a Screencastify Master Screencaster and Wonderoplois Wonderologist. She has presented at many conferences, taught workshops at Skidmore College and with the Greater Capital District Teacher Center on integrating technology in literacy. Laurie is an adjunct professor for SUNY Plattsburgh where she teaches Digital Age Learning in the SBL program. She is also a proud mom and coffee lover.
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